Xconsole accepts
all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the additional
options listed below:

-file file-name

To monitor some other device, use this
option to specify the device name. This does not work on regular files as
they are always ready to be read from.

-notify -nonotify

When new data are
received from the console and the notify option is set, the icon name of
the application has " *" appended, so that it is evident even when the
application is iconified. -notify is the default.

-daemon

This option causes
xconsole to place itself in the background, using fork/exit.

-verbose

When
set, this option directs xconsole to display an informative message in
the first line of the text buffer.

-exitOnFail

When set, this option directs
xconsole to exit when it is unable to redirect the console output.

-saveLines
count

When set, xconsole only preserves count lines of message history
instead of growing the text buffer without bound (a count of zero - the
default - is treated as placing no limit on the history).

In
order to specify resources, it is useful to know the hierarchy of the widgets
which compose xconsole. In the notation below, indentation indicates hierarchical
structure. The widget class name is given first, followed by the widget
instance name.